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Attorney Lindsay Denison wishes to add a few points of fact to the case involving his client Benjamin B. Hampton. Denison clarifies inaccuracies in both to a letter written by Hampton and a memorandum written by Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte and believes that Bonaparte, in particular, would not have been as harsh in his memorandum had he known all of the facts.
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1907-11-21
John A. Herman is a graduate of Princeton University and has practiced law for over twenty-five years. Although his knowledge of Spanish is rusty, he believes he could quickly revive it. As Senator Knox may know, Herman’s relatives were soldiers, but lameness from a childhood accident prevented him from following suit. He vows to faithfully administer the duties of any office given him.
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1907-11-16
William Allen White informs William Loeb that attorney John Watson Yerkes will visit tomorrow in accordance with President Roosevelt’s instructions to provide the senator with legal representation.
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1907-08-09
William Allen White informs President Roosevelt he and C. P. Connolly, an attorney, will be in Oyster Bay on August 9 as requested.
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1907-07-31
Frank M. Annis communicates to William Loeb that he wants President Roosevelt to stand his ground. The president claimed impartiality in the New York Tribune in the Charles Moyer and Big Bill Haywood murder trial.
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1907-04-24
Dean Hurlbut of Harvard College writes to President Roosevelt about the reported troubles and recent arrest of his son, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Moran is turning it into a political matter, attempting to harm Roosevelt through his son, who was struck by the police when arrested. Francis R. Bangs and John Perkins will look after Theodore’s best interests. Hurlbut hopes the story comes to light and he apologizes for the president’s son’s poor treatment.
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1906-10-05
Frederic Jesup Stimson informs President Roosevelt that all the men at Harvard College with whom he has conferred agree that Roosevelt’s son Theodore Roosevelt, has behaved well. Stimson thinks that District Attorney John B. Moran dragging his son before a grand jury is a political stunt. Stimson plans to vote the straight Republican ticket. He also commends Roosevelt, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and Attorney General William H. Moody for the work they have been doing. Stimson regrets missing Moody in Boston, and thinks it is too bad that Moody cannot become a Supreme Court justice.
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1906-10-04
Cecil Andrew Lyon, chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee for Texas, sends President Roosevelt a clipping from the Dallas News that contains the Attorney General’s opinion of E. H. R. Green. Lyon is concerned about the “dearth of republican lawyers” and leaving judicial nominations blank in some districts. Lyon refers to Roosevelt’s letter about the interstate commerce commissioner in the area and asks Roosevelt to speak with William Hawley Atwell, Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, before appointing Mr. Cowan. Lyon plans to write Secretary of State William H. Taft, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and “some of the more prominent senators” about visiting Texas and giving speeches to rally votes.
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1906-08-30
Attorney General Moody writes to President Roosevelt regarding an investigation of Representative Spencer Blackburn and practicing without a license.
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1906-01-24
Attorney General William H. Moody writes to President Roosevelt regarding an investigation of John G. Capers, U.S. Attorney from South Carolina, and Capers’ reappointment.
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1905-12-30
Elihu Root writes to President Roosevelt of an upcoming trip he is going to be making to Newfoundland. He hopes to hear good news from Vermont, and offers advice if Roosevelt needs to communicate about the Venezuela matter. Root also discusses the presidency of a lawyers’ club and says that he should not be president, but could be vice president.
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1904-09-05
Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt that Assistant District Attorney Casey dropped a suit against a mail carrier who was stealing mail and that Casey also received money from the mail carrier’s mother to retain legal counsel. Lodge asks Roosevelt to have the Attorney General contact Edward Mansfield to learn about this case. He would also like the Attorney General to speak with Stebbins in regard to the Curley case. In addition, Lodge discusses his voyage.
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1904-07-24
The People’s National Legal Ethics Society issued a petition nationwide for judges, lawyers, educators, and citizens to sign. The petitioners call for a national educational campaign for the adoption and enforcement of a uniform code of ethics by lawyers and courts. Additionally, the society sent a seventeen-page brief on the status of ethics of legal professions to the justices of the United States Supreme Court and other prominent individuals, including those listed.
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1911-08-15
The undersigned individuals petition for the adoption and enforcement of a uniform code of ethics by lawyers and courts of the United States.
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1911-08-18
In the first vignette, President-elect William H. Taft walks into the “White House” and waves good bye to President Roosevelt who carries his big stick. In the second, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks walks away from the “Capitol” holding a jar of “buttermilk” and “to Indiana.” In the third, New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt sits at an “Express Co.” desk and writes “memoirs.” In the fourth, Colorado Senator Henry Moore Teller walks out of the Senate saying, “I’ve been there 30 years.” Caption: Senator Teller will take a rest. In the fifth, Secretary of State Elihu Root sits down in a chair labeled “New York Senatorship” and says, “I guess I’ll take it easy now!” In the sixth, Philander C. Knox climbs into a “State Dept” chair. In the seventh, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker holds a “lawyer” piece of wood and walks “to Cincinnati.”
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1909-02-01
Uncle Sam stands in front of a class of men, including a “shopman,” “manufacturer,” “railroad man,” “lawyer,” “farmer,” “banker,” and “merchant,” and instructs them on a document titled “President on the live issues,” which each man holds a copy of. Caption: The teacher—”Our first reading lesson will be the article entitled, ‘President on the Live Issues,’ beginning on page one. We will continue through to the end as it is one of the best things that has been written.”
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1904-09-12
Hugh R. Fuller wants President Roosevelt to be informed that an attorney is passing upon the injunction bill.
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1905-01-28
Uncle Sam sits in a hammock, holding a fan, beset by swarms of locust-like pests streaming from a “Law School,” “Medical College,” and a “Theological Institute,” each carrying a diploma. Caption: The mills are starting up again for next year’s visitation.
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1897-09-22
Print shows a lawyer taking papers that state “Fake Lawsuit for Damages” from a bag labeled “A Shyster” in a courtroom. As he turns toward the bench, he sees the judge point to a paper hanging from the bench that states, “Notice: To insure against the bringing of frivolous or blackmailing suits, lawyers will hereafter be held responsible for the costs of all the suits brought by them.”
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1899-07-19
Senator Burton called with the qualifications of J. H. Richards of Fort Scott, Kansas.
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1901-11-16